Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-18
HOTEL BURNED.
TIE GUESTS BARELY ESCAPE WITH
THEtR LrvRs
Would Have Iyachea Him-rwe Fatal
Accidents-A Big Mortgagc-Ii Illicit
pistiliery cartared.



ple In the hotel barely escaped with
their lives. IL is claimed that the fire
was iucepiiary. The loss is stated 10
bcSl0,C coo insurance, s., 900. The hotel
was owned by J. I. Rivenback. The
depot end cotion.p platform OF the Caro-
lima railway were in grca. danger, but
were saved by the special efforts of the
citizens.
Ii Is now understood that had there
been leader an attempt would have
been made night before last 10 mob the
jail here and lynch. Albert Tabor, the
negro brought from Oxford for safe
keeping.
At Goldsboro' mortgage for 1925
GOO has been fled in the clerks Office
from the Atlantic and North Carolina
railway 10 the Baltimore Mercantile
Trust and Deposit Company. The road
= is TO be thoroughly equipped and put in
the best condition.
FATAL ACCIDENTS.
Three accidents are reported to-day.
two being fatal. In Onslow county
Rosa Marshborn, the three-yesr-old
daughter of Matthew Marshborn, was
crushed 10 death 10y barrel of flour
which fell upon her. In Johnston
county ID. J. Wallace, the eighty year
old son OF William Wallace, WIS crushed
10 death by railway cross-ie which
fell on him from pile near where he
was lying. Near this city the breech
OF gun blew out and struck Henry
Brooks, who was hunting. The wound
is in the forehead.
To-day an officer from the Office OF
the United States Supervising Architect
had conference at Wilmington with
the business-me of that city with re-
ference TO the Government building to
be erected there
A United States deputy marshal cap
tured an illicit distillery in Cleveland
county ON the summit of King noun
tain, the scene of famous battle of
the Revolution. The mOonshiners es-
capped.
THE BUREAU OF LABOR AND STATISTICS.
To-day your correspondent visited
this Bureau, which is in the Agricultu-
raj building, and found the Commits
sioner (Mr. Wesley \. Jones' and the
clerk (Mr. J. Melvin Broughton) at
work. OF course il is a new field of
research, for il is probably the first bu
reau Of the kind yet established in the
South. The Bureau was established by
The last Legislature for the express pur-
pose of gathering any and all statistics
as 10 labor in North Carolina. Mr..
Jones said to your correspondent at
xx-.ll onIlo.t oil Dl,faipol Lilo infprun n in,,
in regard to wages, labor, moral and
intellectual condition of the working
people of the State. There has been
very little conflict between labor and
capital in North Carolina-perha ps
less than in any other State. Only
two or three strikes none of large pro-
portions) are on record. 1t is hoped by
the promoters Of this bureau that by
the collation. and presentation of facts
In relation TO the working people of the
State capital and labor, the two ele-
ments OF production. will be brought
TO understand each other and thus pre-
vent those conflicts which so disturbed
other States. Our first purpose is to
obtain lists of all enterprises In the
State, in each county, with the number
of operatives employed, whether males
or females, children or adults, rate of
wages, hours of labor, &c. We are now
preparing a circular for use in obtain
ing this information. We get some
valuable ideas on the subject from bl-
reaus in other States. We will also
cover agricultural labor in all the coun-
ties, as well as the relations of capital
to labor We will use the blank system
in vogue inmost States. The act creating
the bureau does not make compulsory
the furnishing of this information by
employers. But We do not apprehend
trouble in obtaining information. In
cases where information is refused by
employers we wild of course procure it
in Other ways. ii we cannot procure |
it from the employers We propose to
look to the employees. The records,
as well as all information gathered, will |
be open to the general public. They |
will be a regular mine OF information. |
People arc now in great measure ia the |
dark as to the industrial enterprises OF |
the State and matters connected there |
with. The information We viii gather
will astonish them. 1t will really show !
the industrial status OF the State. The
law creating the bureau requires an
nual reports to the General Assembly"
A PLEASANT INCIDENT OF THE WAR.
Your correspondent has received n
letter from Mr.. +. L. Gilbert, of 1906 !
Stanton street, Chicago, III. IN it he |
SAYS: "During the battle of Chancel- !
louisville the regiment to which | be-
longed was stationed in advance as
skirmishers. Night was coming on
and we were making ourselves as COM
Portable as possible, when cut in our
1ront was heard a cry for help, repeated !
at short intervals 1 tried to induce /
my colonel to permit me 10 take a |
SQUAD and 60 TO the relief of the |
wounded man, but after he had had a |
consultation with our general 1t was
decided to be rather risky, as
they believed !. to be a decoy. |
As the cry was still kept up. |
and grew weaker and weaker. / |
called to four of nay comrades to |
accompany me, and we crept quietly |
across an open space near the edge of |
a ravine. Presently we found Cen
Tolerate soldier. shot in the hip and uu
able 10 move. We carried him to the !
rear and left him in charge OF the drum
ner boys, as just at that time Jackson
made charge, and we had to hurry
back 10 our command. The soldiers
name was Newell, andhe belonged to the
Twentieth North Carolina infantry.
look upon my effort TO save him as one
bright side OF the past. desire him,
il alive, to correspond With me. would
feel the better for it il know my eff
forts had saved him to his family"
THE CELEBRATION AT NASHVILLE.
The celebration at Nashville to day
in honor of the completion OF the rail
way there from Rocky Mount was a
handsome affair, well worthy the hos
pitable, hearty people of Nash county.
Governor Scales left here for Nashville
on the carly train ria Selma. The
Governor addressed the large audience.
A number Of Wilmington people were
present, an excursion train having run
iIom that city. Prominent among the
visitors was Colonel II. II. Bridgers.
the president OF the Wilmington and
Weldon road, which built and ownsthis
branch line 10 Nashville. Prominent